reata

Example Sentences

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In South America a ring fixed to the surcingle is used; while in Guatemala and Costa Rica the reata is tied to the end of the horse's tail!

From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Carson, Thomas

Taking down his reata as he rode he leapt quickly off his horse and ran out on the big flat rock from which they had often fished together.

From Hidden Water by Dixon, Maynard

He looked down to his breast surprised, and there the coil of a reata held him in an iron grip, and he could not move.

From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.

Marto, crestfallen and silently anticipating the worst, was led out next; a reata passed around the saddle horn and circling his waist was fastened back of the saddle.

From The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine by Amick, Robert Wesley

She caught the greenhide reata from the nail and went up the stair.

From The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn